OssanII comments

I fail to see how Wal-mart, which sells long guns to qualified legal purchasers, who must prove residency, age and fill out the Federal form can, by instituting it's own additional corporate rules address the following issues:

-- End the gun show loophole.

-- Require gun dealers to perform criminal background checks on all gun-handling employees.

-- Close a so-called fire-sale loophole that allows gun dealers whose licenses have been revoked by the government to sell off their inventory without background checks.

-- Add those placed on the terrorist no-fly list to the list of people prohibited from purchasing a firearm.

"The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society maintains its vessel is Dutch-registered and does not have to submit to Canadian regulations."

If the vessel location in Cabot Strait is in Canadian or Canadian claimed waters including an extended EEZ zone, Watson is full of seal droppings. The vessel ought to be impounded. I dont agree with clubbing seals or harpooning whales, but it;s about time this eco-terrorist group got shut down. I wonder how long it;s going be before Watson starts claiming that the CAnadian CG "shot" him.

AA really bites. Their food is lousy and Flight Attendants often ought to be put out to pasture. I really wish there were a more "serious" domestic airline in the US. Yea and Delta isn't much better.

"“It was and is and will forever be part of China.”

Does it ever dawn on any C-supporters that only Tibetans have the right to make that determination? What if the Japanese had won WWII and stayed in China? How would they feel if a Japanese said that "China was and is and will forever be part of Japan"? Silly, isn't it?

I'm still stuggling with those silly sizE names.

Rudd's actually a good leader for Australia in these uncertain times of both capitalizing on China's growth but being wary of their political agenda. He's perfect cause he speaks smoothly and fluently out both sides of his arse.

"Gee folks, don't we already know, by every economic model readily available, that auto sales will slump over the next few years ! Why is Japan incorporated so hell bent on losing more money on the US market?"

Thank heavens you're not on my marketing strategy team. The slump in auto sales will affect consumer vehicles. Commericial vehicles by necessity have to keep on going, and with the big 3 still churning out fuel guzzling old technology models, it's a prime market to offer fuel efficient current technology commercial vehicles, traits which are of paramount concern to all aspects of the transportation industry, including trucks, rail, aircraft and ships.

I agree that the NRA certainly can be decribed as a confrontational, divisive, nutbag organization. But I can say the very same thing for the emotionally charged other side. I don't recall Heston being anything more than a celebrity face for the NRA and the most coverage he got in this role was in Bowling for Comumbine. Naa, I'll always remember him as the actor. Let him RIP.

Chuck was one of my all time favorites. Not only in the old 50s/60s classics but in Planet of the Apes and he was "The" original Omega Man, way before Will Smith. Perhaps his famous line "Let my people go!" is rather appropriate for the Tibet issue now going on. Hats off to a great actor and screen legend.

Tibet is one thing but was the Emperor planning to eat frozen gyoza over there? Seriously, I think that the J-Emp should go to Beijing, making it clear that way back his father ran a fascist militant country that invaded and occupied other countries too, and that Japan is a much better happier country now. China should learn the joys of democracy.

War mongering comments are silly. China will eventually yield but slowly. The slower the change the more the people will demand it. By refusing to negotiate with the Dalai Lama they are making themselves out to be the bad guys in the eyes of the entire world. Putting a stain on the Beijing Olympics has already been accomplished.

It should be noted that several US news sources are reporting this as "Tibetan Monsa disrupt STAGED media tour".

Much cleaner more professional, even if it's a bit of a "pakuri" of the Japan Times site. Plus the contents seem to have been cleaned up as well. Maybe it won't turn into a depository for C-trolls like JT used to be.